Letter: T-S G1.1

Letter T-S G1.1

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T-S G1.1
Primary Language
Judaeo-Arabic

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In PGP since 2022

Description

Ketubba for Sitt al-Banāt. In the hand of Natan b. Shelomo ha-Kohen (1125–50). The ends of 6 lines are preserved. The groom undertakes not to curse the bride or treat her with disrespect. The identification of the scribe as Natan b. Shelomo ha-Kohen allows us to tentatively date the letter to the last years of Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon (1138–39) when there was a mutiny against the government, and Maṣliaḥ picked the wrong side, so that many Jews were jailed and Maṣliaḥ himself was executed in 1139. (Information from Amir Ashur.)

T-S G1.1 1r

1r

Transcription

T-S G1.1 1v

1v
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